AP African American Studies / Unit 3: The Practice of Freedom
3.6 White Supremacist Violence and the Red Summer
Notes
Lynching terrorized Black communities; Ida B. Wells documented it (Southern Horrors, 1892). The Red Summer of 1919 saw attacks on Black communities in many cities. The Tulsa Race Massacre (1921) destroyed the Greenwood district.
Practice
Ida B. Wells is known for:
Journalist and activist.
The Red Summer of 1919 refers to:
After WWI.
The Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed:
1921.
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